1To Alexander Hamilton from Maria Reynolds, [January 23–March 18 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
I need not acquaint that I had Been Sick all moast Ever sence I saw you as I am sure you allready no It Nor would I solicit a favor wich Is so hard to obtain were It not for the Last time Yes Sir Rest assuirred I will never ask you to Call on me again I have kept my Bed those tow dayes and now rise from My pillow wich your Neglect has filled with the sharpest thorns I no Longer doubt what I...
2To Alexander Hamilton from Maria Reynolds, [January 23–March 18 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
I have kept my bed those tow days past but find myself mutch better at presant though yet full distreesed and shall till I se you fretting was the Cause of my Illness I thought you had been told to stay away from our house and yesterday with tears I my Eyes I beged Mr. once more to permit your visits and he told upon his honnour that he had not said anything to you and that It was your own...
3To Alexander Hamilton from Maria Reynolds, [January 23–March 18 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
the Girl tells me that you said If I wanted any thing that I should write this morning alas my friend want what what can ask for but peace wich you alone can restore to my tortured bosom and do My dear Col hamilton on my kneese Let me Intreatee you to reade my Letter and Comply with my request tell the bearer of this or give her a line you need not be the least affraid let me not die with fear...
4To Alexander Hamilton from William Ellery, 30 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
The question respectg. masters of vessels convicted of havg. sworn falsely was the result of a conversation I had with a gentleman on that subject. He conceived that as the credibility of such men must be greatly impaired, it was the intention of the Legislature that they should not be permitted to act in a capacity which would necessarily subject them to take oaths. I had carefully examined...
5To Alexander Hamilton from Joseph Whipple, 30 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Portsmouth [ New Hampshire ] January 30, 1792 . Has “exchanged Cash” for “a Note of the bank of the United States No. 314 for two thousand Dollars dated Jany 17. 1792,” despite the fact the cash received for the note exceeds “the Amount of Specie received Since the last return.” Realizes that this transaction represents “a deviation from the instruction” in Hamilton’s circular letter of...
6To Alexander Hamilton from Charles Lee, 29 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I have received your letter of the 18th. Instant and I shall act conformably to it with respect to the clauses of the Collection Law, to which it refers. As to the appointment of a person to measure vessels, in considering the parts of the Coasting Law, which apply to the subject, more particularly the third and thirty first sections, I have conceived that the measurement of every vessel ought...
7To Alexander Hamilton from Philip Schuyler, 29 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Your favor of the 24th instant I received yesterday. I shall embrace the first moment which offers and in which I can prudently be absent from hence to pay you a visit. The bank Mania has somewhat subsided but as in the first paroxism the leaders induced many to subscribe a petition to the legislature for an incorporation, the pride of some and the interested views of others will not permit...
8From Alexander Hamilton to the President and Directors of the Bank of the United States, 28 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
In order to a final arrangement on the subject, I have the honor to recapitulate to you the suggestions made by me in our late conference. First I am authorized to make known the wish of the President of the United States, that the provision in the 11th. Section of the Act constituting your institution may be carried into effect, and to take with the Bank the requisite arrangements for that...
9From Alexander Hamilton to William Short, 28 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
You will find herewith duplicate of my letter of the 30th of November last—Since which I am without any of your favours. It is with sincere pleasure, I embrace the opportunity of congratulating you on your appointment to the Hague as Minister Resident. This will afford you a better opportunity of watching and appreciating the course of Circumstances. You will consequently be obliged less to...
10To Alexander Hamilton from Joseph Whipple, 28 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Portsmouth, New Hampshire, January 28, 1792. “Herewith I enclose you an account of the expence of Supporting the Lighthouse for the Quarter ending the 31st. of Dec past.… I have no remarks to make on the Lighthouse respectg its repairs, but its construction does not admit of its being so usefull as the Situation of it requires. I enclose a Contract for supples & attendance on the Lighthouse...
11From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Jefferson, [27 January 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, January 27, 1792. Letter not found. ] Letter recorded in Jefferson’s list of letters written and received ( AD , Thomas Jefferson Papers, Library of Congress).
12From Alexander Hamilton to Wilhem and Jan Willink, Nicholaas and Jacob Van Staphorst, and Nicholas Hubbard, 27 January … (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, January 27, 1792. “The Treasurer of the United States has been directed to draw upon you a Bill, at ten days, for 95.947½ Guilders, in favor of Mr. Jefferson, the Secretary for the Department of State, to which I request you to pay due honor.” Copy, RG 233, Reports of the Treasury Department, 1792–1793, Vol. III, National Archives. This letter was enclosed in H’s “Report...
13To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas Jefferson, 26 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
It is perfectly equal to me that the 1233⅓ dollars mentioned in your letter of yesterday, be taken out of the 40,000 Dollars now desired, or not. You will observe that the two sums of 40,000 D. each are for the interval between July 1. 1790. & July 1. 1792. and that the act is to continue, even if not renewed, till the end of the next session of Congress, probably the beginning of March 1793....
14To Alexander Hamilton from William Short, 26 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I have had the honor of recieving since my return to this place on the 15th. inst. your letter of Nov 1. I have previously acknowleged your others as they have been recieved. Mine to you have been exceedingly multiplied for the reasons which I have repeatedly mentioned. You acknowlege their reciept as low done as the 27th. of July, but do not mention those of the 8th. & 19th. of the same...
15Enclosure C: [Estimate of the Outstanding Debt], 30 November 1790 (Hamilton Papers)
The amount of the domestic debt of the United States, as stated by the Secretary of the Treasury, in his report of the 9th. January 1790, to the House of Representatives, relative to a provision for the support of the public credit, is as follows: Liquidated and Loan Office debt, as per Schedule C. 27,383,917.67 Interest thereon to the 31st. December 1790, pr ditto, D. 13,030,168.20 Additional...
16Enclosure D: [Statement of Subscriptions to the Loan], 25 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
States Amount assumed by the Act Amount Subscribed Remaining unsubscribed to complete the amount assumed Subscribed beyond the amount assumed Estimated amount of the remaining debt of the State Dollars Dollars Cts Dollars Cts Dollars Cts Dollars Cts New Hampshire 300,000 242,501.25 57,498.75 100,000.00 (a) Massachusetts 4,000,000 4,447,013.81 477,013.81
17From Alexander Hamilton to Thomas Jefferson, 25 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, January 25, 1792. On January 26, 1792, Jefferson wrote to Hamilton and referred to information “mentioned in your letter of yesterday.” Letter not found ].
18From Alexander Hamilton to George Washington, [25 January 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
Mr. Hamilton presents his respects to the President & submits the following alterations in the Letter— instead of “I shall be glad ” to say “it is my desire” or “it appears adviseable” that you prepare &c. Instead of “When our Constituents ” say “When the Community are called upon for considerable exertions, to relieve a part, which is suffering under the hand of an enemy, it is desireable to...
19To Alexander Hamilton from Thomas Jefferson, 24 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Philadelphia, January 24, 1792. “In consequence of the act of Congress appropriating 40,000 Dollars per annum from July 1. 1790. for our intercourse with foreign nations, I received from the Treasurer a bill, the last spring, on our bankers in Amsterdam for 99,000 florins. As this will be nearly exhausted by this time, and there will be large calls immediately by Mr. Morris, Mr. Pinkney & mr...
20From Alexander Hamilton to Philip Schuyler, 24 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Philadelphia, January 24, 1792. On January 29, 1792, Schuyler wrote to Hamilton : “Your favor of the 24th instant I received yesterday.” Letter not found. Schuyler, who was H’s father-in-law, had been elected to the short term as United States Senator from New York in 1789 and was defeated for re-election by Aaron Burr in 1791. He was then elected to the fifteenth New York Senate, which met...
21From Alexander Hamilton to William Seton, 24 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I feel great satisfaction in knowing from yourself, that your institution rejects the idea of coalition with the new project, or rather Hydra of projects. I shall labour to give what has taken place a turn favourable to another Union; the propriety of which is as you say clearly illustrated by the present state of things. It is my wish that the Bank of New York may, by all means, continue to...
22To Alexander Hamilton from William Ellery, 23 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
[ Newport, Rhode Island ] January 23, 1792 . “Yesterday I recd. your Circular Letter of the second of this month, and shall observe your directions.…” LC , Newport Historical Society, Newport, Rhode Island.
23From Alexander Hamilton to Benjamin Lincoln, 23 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Treasury Department, January 23, 1792. “The President of the United States having determined to add to the allowance of the keeper of the light house at Portland head the sum of twenty dollars per annum, you will be pleased to make the same known to him.…” Copy, RG 56, Letters to Collectors at Small Ports, “Set G,” National Archives; copy, RG 56, Letters to the Collector at Boston, National...
24To Alexander Hamilton from Jeremiah Olney, 23 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Providence, January 23, 1792. “… I … enclose a short Statemt. of the Monies which will become payable into, and of such as will probably be demandable out of, this Office, between this Time and the 14th of May next; by which it will appear that I shall have as much to pay as I have to receive: I shall therefore omit my weekly deposits in the Providence Bank until I am favored with your...
25Report on Estimates of Receipts and Expenditures for 1791–1792, [23 January 1792] (Hamilton Papers)
The Secretary of the Treasury, in obedience to the order of the House of Representatives of the 19th instant, respectfully makes the following, Report: At the close of the year 1790 there was a considerable surplus of revenue beyond the objects of expenditure, which had required a provision to that period; which surplus, by an act of the 12th. of August in that year, was appropriated to the...
26Enclosure (A): [Statement of Expenditures Made], 23 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Amount of monies appropriated by an act of the 11th. of February 1791, making appropriations for the support of government during the year 1791, and for other purposes $ 740,232.60 Sum appropriated by an act of the 3d. March 1791, towards effecting a recognition of the treaty with the Emperor of Morocco } 20,000.00 Sum appropriated by an act of the same date, for raising another regiment, and...
27Enclosure (B): [Estimate of the Nett Product of the Public Revenues], 23 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Import duties for 1791. Quarter ending the 31st March } { $ 314,881.11 Quarter ending the 30th June (A) 1,345,303.49 Quarter ending the 30th September 919,570.66 Quarter ending the 31st December (B.) 600,000.00 Total nett product of Imports for 1791 $3,179,755.26. Duties on home-made Spirits from the 1st of July to the last of December (C.) 150,000.00 Total nett Revenue, 1791
28Enclosure (C): [Estimate of Annual Expenditures], 23 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Dollars Cents For the support of the civil establishments of the government, including 40,000 dollars for foreign affairs 368,653.56 Stated expenditure of the War department including 25,000 for Indian affairs 382,731.61 Pensions to Invalids 87,463.60 Interest on the public debt, foreign and domestic 838,848.77 including the amount of the State debts assumed 2,849,194.73 Total annual...
29Report on the Public Debt and Loans, 23 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
Pursuant to the order of the House of Representatives of the first of November 1791, directing the Secretary of the Treasury, “to report to the House the amount of the Subscriptions to the loans proposed by the act making provision for the Public Debt, as well in the debts of the respective States as in the domestic debt of the United States, and of the parts which remain unsubscribed,...
30To Alexander Hamilton from Isaac Sherman, 23 January 1792 (Hamilton Papers)
I shall not take up your time by assigning particular reasons for my defering paying you the balance due on the money which you lent me in New York; but shall just observe generally, that some circumstances which occurred subsequent to my letter of the 5th of February last that, I did not, neither could I then foresee, rendered a new loan, or a delay of payment indispensibly necessary. I have...